Mixing methods: the entry of qualitative and quantitative approaches into the research process
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Qualitative and quantitative research are often presented as two fundamentally different paradigms through which we study the social world. These paradigms act as lightning conductors to which sets of epistemological assumptions, theoretical approaches and methods are attracted. Each is seen to be incompatible with the other. These paradigmatic claims have a tendency to resurface from time to time, manifesting themselves in the effects of different cultural traditions upon intellectual styles of research. There are pressures to view research in terms of this divide but perhaps more pressures to ignore such a divide.
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“As relatively little is known about the experience of facilitating Group GPD-CBT for clinicians, semistructured interviews were conducted as this qualitative approach offers the potential to enable amore in-depth understanding of the relevant issues and to generate new insights (Brannen, 2005).”
Background
- Authors
- Brannen, J.
- Affiliations
- University of London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Brannen, Julia
- ORCID
- Brannen, Julia
- Venue
- International Journal of Social Research Methodology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2005-07
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 173-184
- ISSN
- 1364-5579 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-5300
- OpenAlex
- W2012430895
- Cited by
- 663
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 59.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- International Journal of Social Research Methodology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Educational Research and Methods
- Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research
- Keywords
- qualitative-quantitative divide, mixed methods, research paradigms, epistemological assumptions, research traditions, qualitative-quantitative integration
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